Episode 01: How Your Health Plan Works – Health Care Video Training Series designed to be a little more cutting edge for Construction Workers. Health Insurance Industry
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Antony Jacob interview on NDTV on how to increase number of insured people in India…????
Antony Jacob, CEO—Apollo Munich, announced that there is 75% of people paying out medical treatment expenses from their pockets, which is perhaps the maximum in the world. As per him, every health insurance company faces the same issue that people in India are unaware of health insurance and the foremost reason is that health insurance is a unprofitable sector and the number of insured people are those who have either faced urgent needs of health insurance themselves or their family member. So, these are the individuals who are purchasing health insurance but it has resulted in high frequency and high cost. Thus, it is becoming unprofitable for health insurance.
As per Antony Jacob, the number of insured people should be a mix of both, healthy and unhealthy people to make it bigger and broader. Thus, there is much improvement to be made in this field.
Apollo Munich has entered into health insurance as a pure health insurance company and he believes that all associated bodies should play an active role in spreading awareness. Regulation should invite more players to focus on this sector, so that they can work morning and evening to encourage people to buy health insurance. It will help to design products, as per the needs of customers, thus contributing towards insurance sector. So, there is a significant role for the regulator to play in terms of formulating rules and regulation, entries and barriers for health insurance. It is to ensure that right players enter the market. Similarly, there is a role for Government to play to spread health awareness and healthcare costs so that people understand that financing through insurance is absolutely a necessity.
Mr. Antony Jacob further said that Apollo Munich has a big role to play in terms of adverting, product innovation and service offerings. Likewise, a big role is to be played by health care providers in terms of standardization of rates and processes. It is the matter of increasing 150 million, pupation to 400 million. There are many government programmes, such as RSBY and they are doing a great job. Private sector has encouraged new entries like Apollo Munich as standalone licensed player.
Antony Jacob, CEO, Apollo Munich Health Insurance Company Ltd.
Duration : 0:2:54
http://www.weforum.org 30.01.2010
The Obama Administration is relying on the US Congress to deliver an ambitious agenda focusing on financial regulation, healthcare, energy and employment.
What are the global implications of implementing the 2010 legislative agenda?
Discussion Leaders
Brian Baird, Congressman from Washington (Democrat), 3rd District, USA
Susan M. Collins, Senator from Maine (Republican), USA
Barney Frank, Congressman from Massachusetts (Democrat), 4th District; Chairman, Financial Services Committee, USA
Lindsey O. Graham, Senator from South Carolina (Republican), USA
Edward J. Markey, Congressman from Massachusetts (Democrat), 7th District, Chairman, Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, USA
Moderated by
Michael Oreskes, Senior Managing Editor, Associated Press (AP), USA
Duration : 0:59:54
Why we don’t need economic illiterates trivializing the dangers of socialized medicine and spouting abject nonsense on YouTube.
This is a rebuttal to the video Why We Need Government-Run Universal Socialized Health Insurance.
Duration : 0:8:34
http://www.weforum.org 30.01.2010
No single industry is immune to the global, cyclical and structural changes reshaping the world economy.
Chairs of the World Economic Forum Governors Meetings each share their industry’s evaluation of the most important challenges and opportunities in 2010.
Jon Fredrik Baksaas, President and Chief Executive Officer, Telenor, Norway; Co-Chair of the Governors Meeting for Telecommunications 2010
Paul Bulcke, Chief Executive Officer, Nestlé, Switzerland; Co-Chair of the Governors Meeting for Consumer Industries 2010
James Hogan, Chief Executive Officer, Etihad Airways, United Arab Emirates; Chair of the Governors Meeting for Aviation, Travel & Tourism 2010; Global Agenda Council on Emerging Multinationals
Lars Rebien Sorensen, President and Chief Executive Officer, Novo Nordisk, Denmark; Chair of the Governors Meeting for Healthcare 2010
Patricia A. Woertz, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), USA; Co-Chair of the Governors Meeting for Consumer Industries 2010; Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2010
Moderated by
Jean-Pierre Rosso, Chairman, Centre for Global Industries, World Economic Forum USA
Duration : 1:0:41
The motion: “Universal health coverage should be the federal government’s responsibility”
Moderator: John Donvan
Speaking for the motion: Art Kellermann, Paul Krugman and Michael Rachlis
Speaking against the motion: Michael F. Cannon, Sally C. Pipes and John Stossel
Duration : 0:5:56
DailyCaseReport.com discusses Burks v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan decided by the Cal Ct. of Appeal, 3rd Dist., holding that arbitration clause in Kaiser Foundation Health Plan’s enrollment form was unenforceable because it was not prominently displayed, in violation of California Health and Safety Code section 1363.1(b).
Duration : 0:3:25
In which John offers a summary of the health care reform bill that just passed the U.S. senate, discussing the insurance exchange market, pre-existing condition clauses, medicare taxes, and other fine points of the still-under-debate bill. Here’s a good explanation of how the insurance exchanges will look like: http://bit.ly/eIwNE
Thanks to Alan Lastufka
( http://youtube.com/fallofautumndistro ) for the Ben Nelson asshat photo.
About abortion: The senate plan works like this: Policies covering abortion would be available in the exchange market (at least in some states), but those plans would have to collect two separate premiums–one covering everything other than abortion, and one for abortion coverage. The subsidy (available to all families making less than about $88,000 a year depending on number of kids) would only apply to the non-abortion policy.
If this seems like a hilariously stupid distinction, that’s because it is. Ultimately, it of course doesn’t matter which policy the subsidy goes toward. But then again, every federal program “supports” abortion in some way. For instance, without federally funded highways, it would be impossible for most women to get abortions. All government spending indirectly goes to support all activity in America, but it’s ridiculous to say that, for instance, food stamps encourage meth use, even though sometimes people trade meth for food they bought with food stamps. It’s equally disingenuous to say that this bill will allow federal funding of abortions, unless you’re willing to argue that all government spending funds abortion.
Duration : 0:3:54
In this edition of the Weekly Health Insurance News Roundup, we take a look at Google and Microsoft partnering with major health insurance providers, the growing numbers of underinsured, and the reforms supported by Aetna’s CEO. Full articles can be found at http://www.online-health-insurance.com.
Duration : 0:3:27
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